Cherokee County

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Cherokee County is a county in north Georgia known historically for its role in the state’s gold rush and its location within the Atlanta metropolitan area.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cherokee County canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Georgia ⓘ
borders Bartow County, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Bartow County

Cobb County, Georgia ⓘ
Dawson County, Georgia ⓘ
Forsyth County, Georgia ⓘ
Fulton County, Georgia ⓘ
Gordon County, Georgia ⓘ
Pickens County, Georgia ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains City of Ball Ground, Georgia ⓘ
City of Canton, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Canton, Georgia

City of Holly Springs, Georgia ⓘ
City of Waleska, Georgia ⓘ
City of Woodstock, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Woodstock, Georgia

Etowah River ⓘ
Lake Allatoona (part) ⓘ
linked to: Lake Allatoona
country United States of America ⓘ
economy suburban residential and service economy ⓘ
FIPSCode 13057 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0312785 ⓘ
governmentType county commission government ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution Reinhardt University (in Waleska) ⓘ
hasHistoricIndustry agriculture ⓘ
gold mining in 19th century ⓘ
hasLawEnforcement Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
hasModernIndustry light manufacturing ⓘ
retail and services ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict Cherokee County School District ⓘ
historicalEvent associated with displacement of Cherokee people during Trail of Tears ⓘ
historicalRole site of early Georgia gold rush activity ⓘ
largestCity Woodstock, Georgia ⓘ
locatedIn Piedmont region of Georgia ⓘ
north Georgia ⓘ
locatedNear Blue Ridge Mountains foothills ⓘ
metroStatus core part of Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Alpharetta metropolitan statistical area ⓘ
namedAfter Cherokee people ⓘ
partOf Atlanta metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta urban area

North Georgia region ⓘ
linked to: North Georgia
region American South ⓘ
regionType suburban county ⓘ
seat Canton, Georgia ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportationHubFor commuters to Atlanta ⓘ
traversedBy Georgia State Route 400 (nearby access via Forsyth County) ⓘ
Interstate 575 ⓘ
U.S. Route 19 (regional corridor) ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 19

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgia Gold Belt → containsCounty → Cherokee County ⓘ
Upstate South Carolina → contains → Cherokee County ⓘ
Dawson County → bordersCounty → Cherokee County ⓘ
Georgia State Route 92 → passesThrough → Cherokee County ⓘ
Lebanon, Georgia → county → Cherokee County ⓘ
Lake Allatoona → locatedIn → Cherokee County ⓘ
Blankets Creek → county → Cherokee County ⓘ